HS our trips out west have about dried up. The place we have in Kansas has had a very poor hatch of pheasants the last 2 yrs. in the area that we have permission. We never even heard a rooster when we were there for turkey season, Our place in Nebraska has all been taken out of CRP or fence and hedge rows have been taken out for more crops, few birds there now.
The place in South Dakota is doing fair from what Cody (the land owner) had relayed to us, so we will be heading out there the first week in Nov.
Good luck on your trips.